Feed-water heater



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FEED WATER HEATER, PUEIEI'EE'ANE 'OIROULATOR. No.364,454. M PatentedJune7',1'88-7.

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. G,- H. WATSON. V FEEDWAT'ER HEATER, PURIPIER AND (REGULATOR. No. 3.64;454.

Patented-111107, 1887.

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G. H. WATSON.

FEED WATER HEATER, PURIPIER AND 'OIRGULATOR. No. 364,464. Z P a ,t ented June 7, 1887,.

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u. when mummyr Wanhlnm a a I I I 1 5 the boilerv is eonveyed to a'sedi1nent-receptaling thela'tteri'n section; i FigQZSisaJgfront view 1 'tion within-the sedimentweceptacle of the in1-' ment of the feed-water heating'sand steanrgenliar construction o'fthe sediment or water-puriv that connect with the steam-generating pipes over the fir'e to the boilerlafter having been :;panded. i .13 is an outline end'repre'senta-l,

' l upper part and be prevented from entering ngeneratingpipes connected and suspended in 4 system 'of circulating feedrwa l tion, arrangement, andeomhin U1\u -na; STATES PATE T OFF-I E j} GE R 'E H; WATSO OF S OU-Is, MlSSOURI.

FEED-WATER H EATER, ,Po RI Fl-ER, AND cmeuLAT-o-R;

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Application filed January 11,1881. Se ia1No.-2fl 4,589. tflofmbdeln" I 5 i I i r inents, the iurnace-walls -bein'g, shownin seclSe 1t known that I, Gnome H; WATsON, a tion; Fig- 2 is afront-ie'nd'viewfefvthe same, i citizen of the United States, residing at St. Fig.3 isarear end viewshowingithe sediment-f5;

Louis, n the colll by ofSt. Louisand-Stateof receptacle in partiall'fseetiomj Figifet isaside' Mls sourn; have invented certain new and view ofaboiler andconhections,withthe walls usefnl improvements in-Feed-Water Heaters, in section, showing-amodifieation= in the an Pur fiers, and -Circulat0rs'; and I do hereby derangement of thefeed-waterheating, cireulatelare the following tooe a fulhclear, andexact ing, and steam-generating pipes. "Fig. 5isan I description of the-invention, such as will enenlarged-detailview 'of apart ofi'ihe' s m' [O ableothers skilled in the art to? which it ap--. generatihgpipesh'own' in Fig.4;f-Fi'g-s6isa.

pertainsjtomake and use the same. perspective of one of theSpreaders ,i 11 tii.\ iii n This invention relates to improvements in empmy'eato sepai-ateithesepipw-- Iiliig 'ljise v steam-boiler attachments and connections ass rear view of the boiler, boiler-walls, and sedif-i $55 hereinafter: described,whereby hot water from nient-freceptacle, as shown In rFigi 4, i'ndi i 1'0 all'whom it indyfconcerrt: i

1B exterior to the boiler-walls, and there of the parts shown i|1=Fig., 4,1ftheTrontwall. paused to meetand mingle withthe feed-water, being broken away to'exposethe pipes; Fig.- I whlehmay of may not have been previously 7 jljsaside view of 1a hoileri ana.;vcos c s 7 heatedgthe object beingtoefleet-a preeipitasnowing anotherimo'difieatio thear 'ange purities contained in the feed water, and'so" erating pipes} I Fig; '10,isa front v end view of P y S be t i elivered to;bhe .the'samegj 'liiig i'llis areatflcnd view. showing boiler and its steamgenerating}-conneetions. 4 theisedimeut-reeeptacle inpartial section'and 7 5- The-invention further'consi'sts in the p'ecu k amodifiedarrangement therewith of the pipes fying. receptacle, which is located, irrespectandthepipes that enterthe receptaelefnomu. ive'of any feed-water"supply, in connection the -boiler'."?*Fig; 12 is a plan view ofonerof with pipes or tubes that earry -thewater from fthe'vettiealiehauibers into-which the .extremithe boilerto thereceptacleand return itthenee .ties'gof 'thegsteamfgenerating tubes are' exffreed of its impui ities within .the receptacle, tion o'f'aboiler and the steam-generating pipes; 1' which is .so' formed in i'lspppenpo'rtion and and shows a modified mode ofsuspending v fhas-the ingress andexit pipes soan angedthat these'pipesalongsideof the boiler-.Fig'. 1 4 1s a the lighten impurities will eolleet [inthe said side view of-aportion'of a few parallel steamthe boiler, whilethe heaviei'xjuipui'ities will this-improvedmanner, &Fig'.'15 shows details Theinveution also 'e'ompris hel'arr'auge- Tysimna lettersv ot referenee designate COIl1f8 9o -.ment, with" the receptacle afi wbp'ilenzof a: spending-partsthroughout allthefigures;

' ThelioilerfA"ssupported in thefujrnacewallslBfi "anysuitalemannei i- Exterior to he w ' steamgenerating-pipes,=1tube that are exposed to the fii'ef and: rpm 1' with the interior" ol the boilerfandgit t eludes certain 'peeuliarities the nspteresam atone end of the show'nft'infthe' drawings, is a sedi-' 5 'taele 'Qwhich' may be of anysuit;

H H "the upright cylindrical drum being ented as an exanipleofone convenient L *ous parts, snbstauti nyyas w'i'll loe-[h .fORthfilildQifliflldtfi I I p Intheannexed drawi ngs',f1llustratin 'fli ti' nt E gureit-i a ng nd i t the 86 v 1 5 vation of 'asteam'boiler providedwith myif thewaterpgeviousto its ttansi'ogrnatlon' nto j p r'oved 'water purifying, "feed waterl. heating, stea'm jandittherefore connects w th theho lleit Jcirculating; and}, steam geni-ating attachthrough two passages, one'of'whigh condnets;

egnroad contemplation-oi ;m y invention loo i-ment-reeeptaclfeis.employedto pp nfy Y y waterfirom the boilerto the receptacle while the other conveys the purified water from the receptacle to the boiler, passing it over the fire in its transit, and thus causingsteam to 5 be generated. .These passagesconsistof'tubes,

pipes, or other conduits. They enter the boiler at any convenient and desirable points, and they are introduced into the sediment-receptacle in such a manner that the upper ina chamber to receive the lighter impurities, thus enabling them to be removed thence by 'a'surface blow-off or other'device and prevented from entering the boiler, as they might if the communicating-pipes were not so arranged as to permit of this chamber. The heavier impurities fall to the bottom of this receptacle. 7 proved sediment-receptacle and connections will be equally serviceable in cases where the feed-water is conveyed into the receptacle and there caused to meet and mingle with hot water from the boiler, thus firstpnrifying the feedwater before it enters the boiler, or, in cases where the feed-water is first delivered to the i boiler and subsequently carried out into the.

sediment-receptacle, purified and circulated back over the fire into the boiler again.

' One example of mechanism for carrying out o,my invention is shown in Fig. 1.. D representsa pipe extending from the boiler A to.

the sediment-receptacle. 0. It is attached, to

. the rear end of the boiler and to the sedimenttop.- A feed-water pipe, end of the receptacle. Hot water, therefore, as it is conveyed to. the receptacle 0 through pipe D, is caused to meet and ceptacle with the feed-watercoming through 0 pipe E. The impurities are thus precipitated from the feed-water, those that are heavier fallingto the bottom of the receptacle, where the'ycan be removed by a blow-ofi, a,- and those that are lighter--s1ich as grease, oil, &c.-re-

E, enters the upper 50. neath the boiler and-above 'the fire .on 'thegrate-c, .and which communicate with the boiler by a pipe entering the front end ofthe- .sauie. Withinthese pipes steam 'isgenenated and carried to the boiler. 4 55 It is evident that if the feed-water pi pe E should be dispensed with, or not used,aiidthev water pumped directly into the boiler, instead of into the sediment-receptacle, yet the opera t1on of my improved arrangement will bees 6o sentially the same, for although the feed-water will not be purified before it firstuenters .the boiler, still it will pass from the boiler into the receptacle, and there be freed of its impu-.. rities, and then returned through the steam 65 generating condition;

The remaining figures of the drawingsalter.

terior portion of said receptacle may serve as It will be noted that my im-.

receptacle at a'conve'nient distancebelow its.

mingle in the remaining at the top in the chamber 0', where 3 of suitable pipes, as J.

pipes to the boiler in its purified ,Figs. ,1, 2, and 3 serve to illustrate various modifications in the arrangement of the feedwater heating and steam-generatingpipes rela- 7 tively to each other, to the boiler, and to the sediment-receptacle. They are all, however, 'inerely' examples indicating substantially equivalent structuresand exhibiting equivalent modes of carrying out the same leading 7 features of my invention.

Iii-Figs. 4 and 7- the pipe D takes theplace of pipeD in Fig. 1 the only difference between them being that the pipe D enters the side of the boiler near the end, instead of entering 8 the end, as does pipe D, andpipeD also enters the sedi ment-receptacleat a diflerent point from that of the entrance of pipe D. Further, in Figs. 4 and 5 a series of parallel pipes, F, takes the place of the pipe F of Fig. 1, said series communicating with the boiler on the side nearthe front end, instead of entering-the front end, as in Fig.1. The series of pipes increases the water-circulating and steam-gencrating surface. "The pipes are preferably c held apart and in proper relative position by means of 'spreaders G and G. 'Ihe spreader G is separately shown in Fig. 6, and the spreader G, as shown-in Fig.5, consists of a perforated plate inserted in the boiler wall and uphold 9 ing the pipes near their extremities.

In Figs. 9, 10, and 11 anothervmodification in the arrangement of the steam-generatingand other pipes is shown. Here thepipe D", which corresponds to the pipe D of Fig. 1, enters the boiler through its rear end and the sediment-receptacle through its top; but it extends downward a certain distance within the receptacle, so that the month where the water is discharged is below the chamber which re- 0 ceives the lighter impurities, and consequently is out of the way of such impurities. In this 'example of my invention I employ a series of steam-generating pipes, F, in place-0f the pipes-F of Fig. 1. The pipes F of each series, there being as usual, two series, one along each side of the boiler, pass at'either endi m 'vertical chambers H. The rearmost of these chambers communicates with the sediment receptacleby pipes I, which enter the recep-' tacle through the top and pass downward a sufficient distance to open into the receptacle below the parts-which contains the lighter impurities. The front chambers, H, communicate" with the front end of the boiler by means In Figs. 13, 14, and 15 are shown devices for suspending the-steam-generatingpipes. These devices are of the form shown in Fig. 15, K' represents a casting formed as a couple-of in- 5 complete rings. L represents one incomplete ring, which is pierced at Z, to'allowavhook, m, to engage it. The ring L will sustain the one pipe,"-if only. one. is used, it being inserted through said ring; but when several are used the ring -L,'is pla'ced'overlapping one of the rings of casting K; and a, pipe is inserted through the circle thus formed. The castings- K overlap each other i-na vertical series, and

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the pipes are thus) arranged parallel to each other. The books m,vwhich are attached. to

some convenient support, as bar n, serve to support the seri es ofpipes that are thus connected together. i

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1r The combination, with a steamboiler, of a sediment-receptacle exterior vto the boilerwalls, a feed-pipe connected to said receptacle,

a; pipe or pipes for conveying hotwater from p the boiler to meet the feed-water im the sedifluent-receptacle, and aqpipe 'or pipes exposed tothe fire forcon'v'eyingthe purified water from said receptaoleto the boiler, substantially as describe 2. The combination, xvitha'steam-boiler, a

a sediment? receptacle so co'nstructed that the lighterii'm'puritie's of the. water will ascendv into the upper interior; thereof, while the heavier fall to the b'0ttom, and a pipefoi conveying feed-water to said receptacle, ojfa pipe or pipes for carrying hot water from the boilen to the receptacle,. and a pipe or pipes for re conveying the purified water from the receptacle to the boiler, saidpipes being arranged to so enter the sedimenbreceptaele that the, lighter or heavier impuritieswillnot be dis 3o turbed or carried to the boiler thereby, but be suitable mans,.'w-hile the heavier fallto the bottom, a pipe for carrying water from the boiler to the receptacle, and a pipe for returning the purified water to the boiler, substantially as described.

4; In a steam-generator, the combination of a cylinder, steam-generating pipes beneath 1t and over the fire, anda receptacleadapted to receive in its upper'portionthe lighter impurities of the water until removed by suitable means, the receptacle being located exterior waterlfromthe cylinder must pass before it enters the steam-generating pipes to be confverted into steam andreturned to the cylinder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofl aflix'iny signature Iinpresence of two witnesses.

,o-Eonen H. WATSON, NVit'ne ssesr,

PHILir MAURO, .FRED E. Passes.

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